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Where does “byrokraatti” come from?

byrokraatti (Finnish) comes from French bureaucrate, from French bureaucratie, from French bureau, from Middle French burel, from Old French burel, from Old French -el, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

byrokraatti (Finnish): bureaucrat

Definitions

  1. bureaucrat

Ancestry of “byrokraatti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbureaucratebureaucrat
2Frenchbureaucratiebureaucracy
3Frenchbureaudesk; office; ticket office
4Middle Frenchburel—
5Old Frenchburelfrieze; a garment made out of frieze
6Old French-elSuffix that usually denotes a masculine noun
7Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
8Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
9Proto-Italic-olos—
10Proto-Italic-elos—
11Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
12Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “byrokraatti”

  • byrokraattisuus
  • byrokraattistaa
  • byrokraattinen
  • byrokraatisto
  • byrokraattistua
  • byrokraattisesti
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